Candle and candle-holder for use in church services.



BQR. DOODY. CANDLE AND CANDLE HOLDER FOR USE IN GHURGH SERVICES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1910.

Patented Mar. 28, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

BARTHOLOMEW R. DOODY, OF CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CANDLE AND CANDLE-HOLDER Application filed July 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARTHOLOMEMT R. Dooor, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Candles and Candle-Holders for Use in Church Services, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In certain church services and ceremonies there is required the use of two lighted candles crossing each other and it is required that in the ceremony the crossed candles shall be brought in contact with the throat.

I-Ieretofore it has been customary to hold the candles in the hand in the crossed position against the throat, sometimes tying the candles together to retain them in the crossed position. The drippings from theburning candles have soiled the clothes of the person using them, and there has been more or less danger of burning the clothes of the user because of the inconvenient manner of holding them and uncertainty as to their being properly held.

The object of the present invention is to provide a holder which shall hold the candles in crossed position in such manner that the diverging portions of the candles may be held in substantially horizontal position to embrace the throat and the lighted portions of the candles at the same time in a substantially vertical position.

Another object of the invention is (in order to best carry out the above purpose) to form the candles with a right angled bend, L-shaped, the horizontal portions crossing each other, and the other right angled portions extending vertically upward.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features are pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of the specification.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a perspective of a device embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the candle-holder with the candles removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the candle-holder. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the two candles.

In carrying out my invention the best form of construction of the holder that is now known to me is that shown in the draw- Specification of Letters Patent.

FOR USE IN CHURCH SERVICES.

Patented Mar. 28, 1911.

1910. Serial No. 570,751.

! ings in which the base of the holder is triangular in shape, two legs 1, 2, of the triangle being of equal length and converging toward each other at one end, the third leg 3 being for the purpose merely of binding together the two divergent ends of the horizontal legs 1, 2, and also for the attachment of a handle 4. Each of said horizontal legs 1, 2, is provided with upwardly extending clips 5, preferably somewhat U-shaped but with outwardly bowed sides to fit the cylindrical shape of the candle. At the rear end of the horizontal legs 1, 2, there are two upright standards 6, 7, which are perpendicular to the horizontal legs 1, 2, so that when the device is held with the legs 1, 2, in a horizontal position. the standards 6, 7, will be in a vertical position. Secured to these standards 6, 7, are one or more horizontally extending clips 8 for the purpose of engaging the vertical portions of the candles.

Preferably each candle A, B, is made right angled with a horizontal portion 9 and a vertical portion 10. The horizontal portion of one of the two candles, as A, lies on the horizontal leg 1 and the horizontal portion of the other candle, as B, lies on the horizontal leg 2, the horizontal portion of of the holder so as to cross each other at the apex of the two legs 1 and 2 and form a V beyond the said apex. In order that the two candles may cross each other on a level, one of the candles, as A, is formed with a mordle, B, is formed with a mortise 12 on the upper side, the mortise of one being adapted to fit into the mortise of the other so as to make a neat joint in crossing. The mortise, therefore, would extend diagonally across the candle according to the angle at which the two candles cross each other. lVhile the exact ratio of the vertical portion of the candle to the horizontal portion is i1nmaterial except for adapting it to the purpose for which it is used, the vertical portion will ordinarily be shorter than the horizontal portion. In introducing the candle into the holder, it will preferably be inserted from the front end, pushing it back through the clips rising from the horizontal legs 1, 2, and the vertical portions of the candles will be pushed back between the fingers of the clips on the standards, 6, 7 the clips on the standards preferably being flexible so that they will yield to admit the caneach candle being longer than the legs 1, 2,-

tise 11 on the under side and the other can-- dle broadside and then spring back to embrace the candle after it is fully seated. The wicks to be lighted extend up through the upper ends of the vertical portions of the candles.

In using the device, after the candles are lighted, it is taken by the handle 4 in the hand and held in front of the throat, the apex of the triangle pointing toward the throat. so that the throat is embraced in the V formed by the divergent projecting portions of the candles, and the upright portions 10, 10, of the candles which are lighted standing in a vertical position at the same time.

While I have described the candles as each being made integral and formed with the right angled bend, and while this is the preferred form, it is obvious that a two-part candle could be used; that is, the horizontal and the vertical portions might be made independently of each other and the horizontal candle placed in the horizontal part of the holder, and the lighted candle placed in the vertical part of the holder, its lower end being in contact with the horizontal candle, and they would then be retained by the holder in their respective positions as already described. It the candle is made in two parts as just mentioned, a tubular socket instead of the open clips could be used. It is, therefore, not my intention to limit the scope of the claims to the use Of the device with candles in which the horizontal and vertical portions are integral with each other except in such 'claims as that form of construction is expressly set forth. It is also obvious that the particular form of mortise to enable the candles to cross each other may be varied.

What I claim is:

1. A candle-holder having two converging portions adapted to hold two candles in crossed position horizontally and two upright portions perpendicular to said hori zontal port-ions at the divergent ends of said horizontal portions and adapted to hold candles in a vertical position.

2. A candle holder having two converging portions adapted to hold two candles in crossed position horizontally and two up right portions at the divergent ends of said horizontal portions and adapted to hold candles in a vertical position, a cross-tie uniting together the divergent portions of said two horizontal members and a handle attached to said cross-tie.

3. A candle-holder having two converging portions adapted to hold two candles in crossed position horizontally and two upright portions perpendicular to said horizontal portions at the divergent ends of said horizontal portions and adapted to hold candles in a vertical position, in combination with two candles, each having hori zontal portions of greater length than said horizontal diverging supports for the candles, said candles being mounted on said horizontal supports and crossing each other at the vertex of the holder and an upright candle portion in each upright holding member, each upright candle portion being adapted for lighting at its upper end.

4. A candle holder having two converging portions adapted to hold two candles in crossed position horizontally and two upright portions perpendicular to said horizontal portions at the divergent ends of said horizontal portions and adapted to hold candles in a vertical position, said candle holding members being each formed with clips adapted to embrace the candle.

5. Two L-shaped candles having one leg of each candle crossing one leg of the other candle at an angle and mortised at their crossing points whereby the two candles are fitted together in such position that the other two legs of the candles will extend vertically upward substantially parallel with each other when the two crossed legs are held in horizontal position in combination with a holder having horizontal diverging portions and parallel upright portions adapted to embrace and hold the said candles in the crossed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

BARTHOLOHEXV R. DOODY.

Witnesses GEORGE P. DIKE, lVILLIAM A. COPELAND.

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